What is Sure Fire / The Bed You Sleep In about?

SURE FIRE, 1990, Strand Releasing, 83 min. Dir. Jon Jost. A dark and mesmerizing portrait of a small town entrepreneur. Wes, portrayed brilliantly by Tom Blair, is a bully of a man full of get-rich-quick schemes. Director Jon Jost captures an America we seldom see, through elegantly composed conversation and arresting visual stylistics, in this film strikingly shot in the “Mormon Dixie” of central Utah. THE BED YOU SLEEP IN, 1993, Complex, 117 min. Dir. Jon Jost. A haunting portrait of a family in crisis, set against the backdrop of tough economic times. Ray (Tom Blair) and his wife Jean, who operate a lumber mill in central Oregon, are forced to confront painful truths when their daughters says she has recovered memories of sexual abuse. Shot on 35mm with a crew of three, it’s nothing short of a miracle.

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What is Sure Fire / The Bed You Sleep In about?: SURE FIRE, 1990, Strand Releasing, 83 min. Dir. Jon Jost. A dark and mesmerizing portrait of a small town entrepreneur. Wes, portrayed brilliantly by Tom Blair, is a bully of a man full of get-rich-quick schemes. Director Jon Jost captures an America we seldom see, through elegantly composed conversation and arresting visual stylistics, in this film strikingly shot in the “Mormon Dixie” of central Utah.
THE BED YOU SLEEP IN, 1993, Complex, 117 min. Dir. Jon Jost. A haunting portrait of a family in crisis, set against the backdrop of tough economic times. Ray (Tom Blair) and his wife Jean, who operate a lumber mill in central Oregon, are forced to confront painful truths when their daughters says she has recovered memories of sexual abuse. Shot on 35mm with a crew of three, it’s nothing short of a miracle.